The songs from the Melbourne ‘gypsy-like romp and ballad’ group ‘My Friend the Chocolate Cake‘ feature prominently at my Music Library Project. Another song I reviewed from them recently – ‘I Guess It Don’t Get Much Better Than This‘ describes…
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It Makes No Difference (1975) – The Band
There are no more superlatives left to describe the Band’s performance in their last concert The Last Waltz. You know when you are beholden to the best art when your only feeble reaction is – ‘How on God’s earth did…
Tagged with: It Makes No Difference, Northern Lights – Southern Cross, the band, the last waltz
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It’s a Dream (2005) – Neil Young
It’s a Dream is the second song to appear here from Neil Young’s 2005 Prairie Wind album. It features in the Heart of Gold documentary directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) about Neil Young’s Prairie Wind concert at the famous Ryman Auditorium…
It Don’t Matter to Me (1970) – Bread
It Don’t Matter To Me was a late inclusion to the Music Library Project. In my last article – Everything I Own another song by the Los Angeles soft rock band Bread, Max at PowerPop told me how much he…
Is Your Love in Vain (1978) – Bob Dylan
Is Your Love in Vain is another unheralded gem from Dylan’s massive music catalogue. It comes from one of Bob Dylan’s most misunderstood and underrated records – Street Legal. I wrote in the post about the record’s opening track –…
Piano Concerto No 21 In C Major K467 Andante (1785) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
It’s staggering what Mozart wrote around this time period, like the Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Abduction from the Seraglio amongst many other great works written about here. Today’s featured piece – Piano Concerto No. 21 was completed just 4 weeks after he completed Piano…
It’s All in the Way (2002) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
When I lived in Melbourne, I wanted to see Australian Aboriginal singer – songwriter Archie Roach in concert. We secured tickets and learnt that Archie Roach would be joined by David Bridie whose music has featured here often. I hadn’t heard…
Tagged with: curious, David Bridie, it's all in the way, My Friend the Chocolate Cake
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I Don’t Live Here Anymore (2021) – The War on Drugs
Find out by watching the video below why Jeff (Eclectic Music Lover) said ‘The War on Drugs are one of the greatest bands around today. I love their dreamy, expansive sound, and their intelligent songwriting and intricate guitar work are…
Islands in the Stream (Live in Las Vegas 1997) – Bee Gees
People may be more familiar with the mega-hit version by Dolly Parton and Kenny Roger’s of this song, but I have always had a penchant for this one by the Bee Gees in Las Vegas. They wrote the original song…
Isn’t it Time (1977) – The Babys
Isn’t It Time is an iconic 70’s track and always evokes fond memories whenever I hear it. It peaked at #1 in my home country, Australia and #13 on the Billboard Charts. It was performed by the English group The Babys in…
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